Successive generations of Gokenin families were divided into 3 classes: 'fudai' (heredity daimyo), nihanba (the middle rank between fudai and kakaeseki), or kakaeseki (hereditary daimyo who were promoted in the periods of the fifth shogun and the succeeding shogun). |
御家人の家格は譜代(ふだい)、二半場(にはんば)、抱席(かかえせき)の3つにわかれる。 |